The Brookhaven leader., 1887-05-26

Observation-Disclosures OF the BODY, snip
wreck Of the soul-shipwreck for time
shipwreck for eternity. Pity, by al
means, the innocent who are suffering
but pity more the guilty.
Pass on through the alley. Open The
door, ''Oh,n you say, cit is locked.n No
IL is not locked. It has never been locked
No burglar would be tempted to go ir
there to steal any thing. The door i,
never locked. Only broken chair stand.
against the door. Shove IL back. Go in
Strike match. Now, look. Beastllnes.
and rags. See those glazing cyeballs
Bo careful now what you say. Do moi
utter any insult, do not utter any sus
picion, IL you value your life. What is
| that red mark on the WALTZ II Is the marh
| OF murderer's handl
Look at those two eyes rising up out Of
the darkness and out from the straw In
the corner, coming toward you. and as
they come near you, your light goes out.
/ Strike another match. All! this is a babe,
not like those beautiful children presented
| in baptism. This little one never smiled ;
it never will smile. flower flung on an
| awfuly barren beach Oh, Heavenly
shepherd, fold that little one in thy arms.
! Wrap around you your shawl or your coat
tighter, for the cold wind sweeps through.
|
sjble that that young woman's SCARED
and bruised face ever was locked into by
maternal tendernessi Utter no scorn.
Utter no harsh word No ray Of hope has
dawned on that brow for many year.
No ray of hope ever will dawn on that
brow. But the light has gone out. Do
not strike another light 1t would be
a mockery to kindle another light
in such a place as that. Pass out and
pass down the street. Our cities OF
Brooklyn and New York and all our great
cities are full of such homes, and the
worst time the third watch of the night.
Do you know it is in this third watch Of
the night that criminals do their worst
worki 1t IS the criminals watch
At half-past eight O'Clock you will find
them in the drinking saloon, but toward
twelve o'clock they go 10 their garrcts,
they get out their tools. then they start
on the street. Watching on either side
for the police, they go TO their work OF
darkness. This is a burglar, and the false
KEY will soon touch the store lock. This
is an incendiary, and before morning
there will be light on the sky,
and cry of ''tirel fret This is an
assassin, and tomorrow morning there
will be a dead body in one of the
vacant lots. During the daytime these
villains in our cities lounge about, some
asleep and some awake, but when the
third watch Of the night arrives, their
eyes are keen, their brain cool, their arm
strong, their foot feet to f. or pursue,
they are ready.
Many of these poor creatures were
brought up in that way They were born
in thieves garrett Their childish toy
was a burglars dark.lantern. The first
thing they remember was their mother
bandaging the brow of their father struck
by the police club. They began by rob-
bing boys pockets, and now they have
come to dig the underground passage to
the collar of the bank, and are preparing
to blast the gold vault.
just 80 long as there are neglected chill
dren on the street, just so long we will
have these dcspcrRdoes. Some one, wish
ing to make good Christian point and to
quote passage of Scripture, EXPECTING
TO get a ScIiptural passage in answer,
said to one of these poor lads, cast out
and wretChed: "When Your father and
your mother forsake YOU, who, then, will
take you up?" and the boy said: THE
perlice, the perfect"
In the third watch of the night gambling
does its worst work. What though the
hours DO slipping away, and though the
wife be waiting in the cherries home1
Sir up the fire. Bring on more drinks.
Put up more stakes. That commercial
house that only a little while ago put out
sign Of copartncrship will tins winter
be wrecked on gamblers table. There
will be many moncy-till that will spring
a leak. A member Of Congress gambed
with a member elect and won $3.50, 900.
The old way of getting living is so slow.
Tho oil way of getting a fortune is so
stupid. Come, let us toss up and see who
shall have it. And so the work goes on,
from the wheeling wrctches pitching PEN
MES in rum grocery up to the millionaire
gambler in the stock market.
In the third watch Of the night, pass
down the streets of these cities, and you
hear the click of TIE dice, and the sharp,
keen stroke of the ball on the billiard Ia
Bile At these places merchant princes
dismount, and legislators, tired of max
ing laws, take a respite in breaking them.
All classes 0: people are robbed by this
crime-the importer of foreign silks and
the dealer of Chatham street pocket
handkerC hiefs. The clerks Of the stCre
take hand after the shutters are put up,
and the officers Of the court while away
their time while the jury is out.
G In Baden Baden, when that city was
the greatest of all gambling places on
earth, it was no unusual thing in the
morning, in the woods around about
the city, to find the suspended bod
les of suicides. Whatever be the splen-
dor of surroundings, there is no cz-
cuse for this crime. The thunders of
eternal destruction roll in the deep rumble
of that gambling tcn-pin alley, and as
men come out to join the long procession
of sin, all the drums of death beat the
dead-march of a thousand souls.
In one year, in the city Of New York g,
there were 100000 sacrificed at the
gaming table. Perhaps some of your
friends have been smitten by it.
Perhaps there may be a stranger in the
house this morning come from some of
the hotels. Look out for those agents Of
iniquity who tarry around about the
hotels, and ask you: "Would you like to
see the city!" YES" "Have you ever
seen that splendid building up tow g.
''No," Then the villain will IN
dertake to show You what he calls the
slions" and the elephants" and after
young man, through morbid curiosity
or through badness Of soul, has seen the
''lions" and the elephants, "he will be on
enchanted ground. Look out for these
men who move around the hotels with
sleek hats-and patronizing air, and I'M
accountable interest about your welfare
and entertainment You are fool if you
can not see through it. They want your
money.
In Chestnut street Philadelp hla, while
1 was living in that city, an incident oc-
cured which was familiar to us there. In
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